IDCC Seminar on the Green Strategic Partnership - Significant in its ambition, challenging in its implementation

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATIONS TUESDAY APRIL 4th. AT 12 NOON

In late March this year, TRH The Crown Prince and Princess led a large delegation of companies and ministers to India, to discuss opportunities of collaboration within water and energy. Naturally, the Green Strategic Partnership, which is soon to celebrate its 3-year anniversary, was a big topic during the visit - and for good reasons. The partnership is ambitious and holds great potential. However, it will be the private sector that needs to implement the changes on the ground and India remains a challenging market to navigate in. As such, the purpose of this seminar is two-fold. First, to get an update on the outcome and momentum of the visit and the Green Strategic Partnership. Secondly, to have a constructive discussion on what it takes to make the implementation of the partnership a success.

We encourage you to take part in this discussion, sharing your ambitions and challenges with the Green Strategic Partnership.

Agenda

• What are the short- and long-term perspectives of the partnership?

• What are the commercial aspects of the partnership?

• How do we finance the partnership?

• How can the partnership address the difficulties Danish companies

are facing in India?

• How is India positioned as a market for green export as we see major

green investment schemes in the EU, US and East-Asia?

Programme

10.00-10.30: Registration and networking

10.30-10.35: Welcome, Søren Holm Johansen, Chairman, IDCC

10.35-10.45: COWI in India, Jens Højgaard Christoffersen, Group CEO, COWI

10.45-10.55: The Green Strategic Partnership, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Minister for Foreign Affairs

10.55-11.05: The India opportunity, H.E. Pooja Kapur, India's Ambassador to Denmark

11.05-11.15: What does it take to realize the significant Indian potential? Emil Fannikke Kiær, Deputy Director General, DI

11.15-11.25: Financing for Green Strategic Partnership, Torben Huss, CEO, Investment Fund for Developing Countries

11.30-12.25: Panel Discussion: Implementation of the Partnership – moderated by Steffen Gram, Senior Foreign Correspondent, DR

On the panel:

• Freddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark to India

• Peter Jannik Sjøntoft, Associate Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

• Morten Riis, Group Director, Water Utility, Grundfos

• Sarbajit Deb, EVP, L&T Europe

12.25-12.30: Concluding remarks, Søren Holm Johansen, Chairman, IDCC

12.30-13.00: Networking and sandwiches